World Bank · Private Sector

Ghana: Merchandise trade

42.52percent · 2025-11.6% since 2015

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Ghana from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202542.517
202441.491
202338.129
202243.151
202135.662
202038.425
201942.543
201841.744
201743.855
201642.85
201548.114
201450.874
201349.887
201275.875
201172.764
201058.644
200953.308
200854.182
200749.365
200650.184
200575.843
200473.457
200372.504
200274.114
200191.63
200093.2
199967.374
199858.246
199757.477
199654.479
199556.154
199464.869
199359.458
199253.319
199125.321
199035.693
198943.623
198836.824
198742.031
198633.283
198532.924
198425.746
198359.301
198239.123
198151.416
198053.698
197945.943
197857.311
197764.338
197661.26
197557.186
197453.862
197336.883
197234.654
197138.145
197039.232
196934.352
196838.394
196734.913
196629.159
196537.303
196438.179
196343.484
196247.377
196155.424
196056.522

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Merchandise trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-trade (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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